Soft modem (AKA Winmodem) support
Posted: Mon 26 Sep 2005, 16:52
Just tested Puppy. Very nice thanks
My kluge http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/scanModem.gz will identify modem hardware and recommend supporting software sources.
Most new PCs/laptops are coming equipped with AC'97 soft modems.
Except for the Conexant types supported through http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/
this softmodem family can be suported under 2.6.n kernels by a pre-compiled slmodemd,
which is NOT kernel_version dependent. It is available with detailed instructions from
http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/smartlink/ as SLMODEMD_MostRecentVersion.tar.gz
Very briefly:
modprobe LowLevel_ALSA_2.6.n_modem driver
usually
modprobe snd_intel8x0m
This provides kernel access to the modem hardware. Next
slmodemd --alsa -c COUNTRY hw:1
provides all higher level functions, including creation the symbolic link and modem port:
/dev/ttySL0 --> /dev/pts/N
Barring other problems, there will be a subsequent success with:
wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf
which after editing personal information in /etc/wvdial.conf, will enable a dialout with
wvdial
MarvS
scanModem maintainer
My kluge http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/scanModem.gz will identify modem hardware and recommend supporting software sources.
Most new PCs/laptops are coming equipped with AC'97 soft modems.
Except for the Conexant types supported through http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/
this softmodem family can be suported under 2.6.n kernels by a pre-compiled slmodemd,
which is NOT kernel_version dependent. It is available with detailed instructions from
http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/smartlink/ as SLMODEMD_MostRecentVersion.tar.gz
Very briefly:
modprobe LowLevel_ALSA_2.6.n_modem driver
usually
modprobe snd_intel8x0m
This provides kernel access to the modem hardware. Next
slmodemd --alsa -c COUNTRY hw:1
provides all higher level functions, including creation the symbolic link and modem port:
/dev/ttySL0 --> /dev/pts/N
Barring other problems, there will be a subsequent success with:
wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf
which after editing personal information in /etc/wvdial.conf, will enable a dialout with
wvdial
MarvS
scanModem maintainer